Want to see what you and some teammates can design in just 40 minutes? Come to our Design Slam on April 25th. You’ll be teamed up with a few other people that will be your “design team”, you’ll be presented with a design problem by our panel of UX and IA professionals and given 40

Join us for a workshop led by SILS alum Susan Birnbaum Fisher. She will cover the basics of the magical wireframe and prototyping tool, Axure. We hope you’ll join us whether you’re a beginner or just need a refresher! If you plan to bring your own laptop please be sure to have Axure pre-installed. A

Join us for a workshop led by current SILS student and UX/IA officer Carolyn Li-Madeo. She will be focusing exclusively on Illustrator and its applications in wireframing and mockups for user centered design and interaction design.

The amazing Abby Covert kicked off our distinguished lecture series with her talk titled ‘Make Sense: Information Architecture for Everybody’. Her presentation was an entertaining overview of what, at it’s core, IA is and how it comes up in our everyday lives (the answer: pretty much everywhere). She covered everything from IA problems to tools

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Basics of Freelance talk at our last meeting! Active links and the slideshow are below. If you have any further questions, please contact me through my website: samantharaddatz.com   Hourly Rate Worksheet (Excel download) AIGA Aquent Survey Freelancers Union Contract Creator Freelancers Union Freelancer’s Bible (book)

Please join the Pratt UX/IA group for the first talk in the group’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Abby Covert will present her talk “Make Sense: Information Architecture for Everyone,” to the Pratt community. The talk will be held on February 3, in room 213 of the Pratt Manhattan campus. Please RSVP for the event. Doors will open at

Here are the suggested resources from Paul Lau’s talk in early December. We hope everyone enjoyed the presentation! Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps: http://www.amazon.com/Tapworthy-Designing-Great-iPhone-Apps/dp/1449381650 Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG): https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/ Android Design Guidelines: http://developer.android.com/design/index.html Windows Design Guidelines: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/hh781237 Blackberry Developer Guidelines: http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/17965/